SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
In the Matter of )
KeySpan Corporation )
) File No. 70-9641
(Public Utility Holding )
Company Act of 1935) )
RULE 24 CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 24,1 this Certificate of Notification is filed by
KeySpan Corporation ("KeySpan"), a New York Corporation, in connection with the
following transactions proposed in KeySpan's Form U-1 docketed as File No.
70-9641, as amended (the "Application-Declaration"), and authorized by order of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") dated November 7,
2000, in this file (Release No. 35-27271). Capitalized terms used herein without
definition have the meaning ascribed to them in the Application-Declaration.
KeySpan hereby certifies pursuant to Rule 24:
A. That KeySpan, through ACJ Acquisition LLC ("ACJ"), has acquired
all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Eastern
Enterprises ("Eastern") and, indirectly, all of the common stock
of Eastern's utility subsidiaries identified in the
Application-Declaration.2
B. That KeySpan, through Eastern's acquisition of EnergyNorth, Inc.
("EnergyNorth"), has indirectly acquired EnergyNorth and its
utility subsidiary identified in the Application-Declaration.
C. That KeySpan filed the Notification of Registration on Form U5A
at the time of the closing of the Transaction on November 8, 2000
(the "Closing"), as required under Section 5(a) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the "Act").
D. That KeySpan retains directly or indirectly the existing
businesses, investments and non-utility activities of KeySpan,
Eastern and EnergyNorth.
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1 17 C.F.R.ss.250.24.
2 ACJ was merged out of existence as a result of KeySpan's acquisition of
Eastern.
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E. That KeySpan retains the electric utility business of KeySpan
Generation as an additional electric system within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Act.
F. That except for the transactions or matters described in the
Application-Declaration and the order which do not have to be
completed until dates specified therein which are subsequent to
the date of the Closing and the filing this certification, the
transactions described in the Application-Declaration have been
completed.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this document
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
KeySpan Corporation
/s/
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Steven L. Zelkowitz
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
